Improved curtain-fixtures



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JAOOB B. BAILEY, OE NEW YOBK, N. Y., AssIeNOR To sAMUEL E. BAILEY,

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IMPROVED CURTAIN-FIXTURES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,@9l, dated May 23, 1865.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB B. BAILEY, of the city and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain, new and useful Improvement in Gurtainliixtures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure lis asection representing the brackets and ends of the curtain-roller. Fig. 2 is a cross-section through the roller and bracket at the line a; 1v.

Similar marks of reference den( te the same parts.

The nature of my said invention consists in a ring-shaped clamping-bracket receiving the end of the curtain-roller and pressing thereon with sufticient friction to prevent the weight of the curtain or shade turning the roller. The said roller is also provided with ringilanges at the ends of the curtain, slipped upon the roller, and the cord by which the curtain is wound up is attached directly to the roller. By this inode of construction it only becomes necessary to saw orf a roller to the proper length, secure thereto the end of the curtain-slip or the said ring-angesand fasten the cord, and it is ready for introduction into the brackets and immediate use.

In the drawings, c is an ordinary round curtain-roller. b is a bracket with a half-ring flange, l, so as to allow the end of the roller to be dropped in or lifted out. cis the bracket at the other end. Both these brackets may be attached in any usual manner.

I have, however, shown a slotted-ilange receivin ga screw, as usual, to allow for slight adv justment oi the distance between one bracket and the other.

The bracket c is formed with a ring-socket,

Anyother character of spring, however, might be applied to the clamp d to press it upon the roller and produce the friction necessary to keep it from turning by the weight of the curtain.

c is a flange formed as a flat ring to guide the 'curtain at the edge next the bracket b and fis a spool formed as a cylinder, with two iiat rin g-langes, one of which guides the curtain at the edge next the bracket c, and between which flan ges the cord g is wound. This spool is slid upon the roller p a, and the cord is passed through a hole in it and the roller a,`to prevent said spool turning upon the roller in winding up or unwinding the curtain.

It will be evident that two ring-Bauges would guide the cord if wound directly upon the roller a, instead of a spool formed by those flanges and a cylindrical connection between them. The cord g passes off through a screw-eye, h, inserted in the window-casing separate from the other parts of the curtainfixture, and only becoming aguide for lthe cord. Adjacent to the lange e is a second ilange, a or the two might be connected and form z', spool, like the spool j'. Between these anges a second cord, lf, is attached at one end to the spool or roller, and is wound in the opposite direction to the cord g, so that as the cord g unwinds in pulling the shade up, the cord la will wind upon the roller and is employed for rotating the said roller so as to draw the curtain down. This arrangement of two cords and spools renders it unnecessary to reach the curtain to pull it down, and is a great convenience, particularly with large or long curtains, and renders it unnecessary to attach a cord, as has sometimes been done, to the bottom slat of the blind to pull it down.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The ringsocket c, receiving the end of the curtain-roller in combination with the clampingpiece d, introduced and actuated as and for the purposes specified.

2. A flanged spool with an opening through its center for the curtain-roller, the said spool being retained in place by attaching the cord, substantially as specified.

3. A contractile indiarubber band applied,

substantially as specified, to create friction In Witness whereof l have hereunto set my for preventing the Weight of the curtain turnsignature this 31st day of January, 1865. ing the roller.

4. A curtain-roller in which friction is ap- J. B. BAILEY. plied to sustain the curtain in any position, in y Y combination With two cord-spools and cords, Witnesses:

Wound in opposite directions7 for the purposes THOs. GEO. HAROLD, and as specied. CHAs. H. SMITH. 

